(TibetanReview.net, May13’25) – The grief-stricken mother of  a highly respected Tibetan religious figure in Golog prefecture of Qinghai province who died in Vietnam late March this year, a victim of China’s transnational repression, has breathed her last early this month,...

(TibetanReview.net, May13’25) – In his first address to members of the media at the Vatican, newly elected Pope Leo XIV has called for the release of imprisoned journalists. He expressed solidarity with journalists who were jailed “for seeking and...

(TibetanReview.net, May12’25) – An earthquake of what China said was of 5.5-magnitutde has struck early this morning an area in Tibet that was previously hit also by the devastating 6.8-magnitude earthquake of Jan 7 this year, according to Chinese...

(TibetanReview.net, May11’25) – Following the May 10 understanding reached between India and Pakistan on cessation of all military actions that had continued for four days, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has held phone conversations with India’s National Security Advisor...

(TibetanReview.net, May10’25) – A strong bond has existed among the Tibetan people in all the historical provinces of Tibet since ancient times and it underlines our strong, unwavering dedication to our cause today, the Dalai Lama has said May...

(TibetanReview.net, May09’25) – The European Parliament has on May 8 adopted three human rights resolutions, including one on Tibet which strongly condemned China’s repressive assimilation policies and violations of human rights which seek to eliminate Tibet’s religious and cultural...

(TibetanReview.net, May08’25) – Aftab Pureval, the Tibetan-Indian-origin Mayor of Cincinnati in the US state of Ohio is to face Cory Bowman, the half-brother of Vice President JD Vance, this fall for his re-election bid. The two were the top...

(TibetanReview.net, May08’25) – India has strongly criticized China’s state media Global Times May 7 for spreading disinformation to mislead the public on New Delhi’s retaliatory May 7-8 night cruise missile strikes at terror infrastructure deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied...

(TibetanReview.net, May07’25) – Some 5,000 people attended a long-life prayer ceremony offered by three Tibetan groups this morning to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Tsuglakhang, Dharamshala, one of great many such offerings being continuously made to him...

(TibetanReview.net, May06’25) – An ecumenical meeting of representatives of various Tibetan monasteries belonging to different philosophical schools is being held near Dharamshala from May 4 to 7 to discuss key religious treatises, reported the Tibetan-language tibettimes.net May 6. This...

(TibetanReview.net, May05’25) – While being hawkish on Russia’s actions in Ukraine, and Beijing’s India-border and South China Sea claims, most of the Chinese citizens oppose the use of force to unify with Taiwan under any circumstances, reported the scmp.com...

(TibetanReview.net, May04’25) – Press freedom is at its lowest ebb globally in more than two decades and China, which ranks among the least free, is the biggest jailer of journalists, according to the latest annual report of Paris-based Reporters...

(TibetanReview.net, May04’25) – Amid rising exchanges of retaliatory moves and threats between India and Pakistan following the allegedly Islamabad-sponsored terrorists’ gunning down of 26 tourists in Kashmir on Apr 22, a top Chinese analyst has expressed in no uncertain...

(TibetanReview.net, May03’25) – As US President Donald Trump’s 90-day “pause” on foreign aid increasingly looks likely to become permanent in most of the cases – with the Tibetan services of the US government funded broadcast services sharing the same...

(TibetanReview.net, May03’25) – Radio Free Asia (RFA) has said May 2 that it will lay off almost all of its staff and close production in several languages, including the Tibetan service, after President Donald Trump cut off funding, effective...

(TibetanReview.net, May02’25) –Kasur Tashi Wangdi, one of the longest serving and most familiar faces in the senior rung of the Tibetan government in exile for decades, has breathed his last in Ottawa, Canada, on May 1, aged 78. He...

(TibetanReview.net, May01’25) – China is to begin letting in Indian pilgrims to receive Mt Everest and lake Mansarovar blessings in eastern Tibet’s Ngari Prefecture from Jan 30 for those joining the government-organized trip after a gap of some five...

(TibetanReview.net, Apr30’25) – The European Parliament has on Apr 30 joined the growing international call on China and Vietnam to account for the arrest of a revered Buddhist leader from Tibet, his sudden death under suspicious circumstances in their...

(TibetanReview.net, Apr29’25) – China has been flooding the UN, including its Human Rights Council in Geneva, with an army of fake NGOs to monitor and intimidate rights activists as well as to defend and heap glowing praises on Beijing’s...

(TibetanReview.net, Apr28’25) – China has confirmed today India’s External Affairs Ministry statement Apr 22 that the annual Indian pilgrimage to Mt Kailash and lake Mansarovar will resume and take place over Jun-Aug this year after a hiatus of five...

(TibetanReview.net, Apr27’25) – As India and China marked progress in normalizing bilateral ties with the announcement of the resumption of the Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrimage in western Tibet for Indian believers from Jun 30 after a gap of nearly five years,...

(TibetanReview.net, Apr26’25) – As China continues to keep in hiding the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima in defiance of decades-long global demands for access to him, including from the United Nations, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have...

(TibetanReview.net, Apr25’25) – Ahead of the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday, which the Central Tibetan Administration plans to commemorate with a year-long series of events internationally, and as China remains determined to select the 15th “reincarnation” of him in defiance...

(TibetanReview.net, Apr24’25) – After a temporary block on his March order by a New York judge, a federal district judge in Washington, DC, has on Apr 23 ordered the Trump administration to restore all jobs and funding for the...

(TibetanReview.net, Apr23’25) – Starting Jun 30, Indian devotees will finally be able to undertake government-organized pilgrimage to Mt Kailash and Lake Mansarovar in eastern Tibet’s Purang County, Ngari Prefecture, after a gap of some five years, according Indian media...

(TibetanReview.net, Apr22’25) – The Dalai Lama has on Apr 21 expressed sadness over the death of Pope Francis, writing to The Most Reverend Leopoldo Girelli, The Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal, the ambassador of the Holy See. The...

(TibetanReview.net, Apr21’25) – China has responded to the US sanctioning of six of its officials on the mainland and Hong Kong last month by announcing Apr 21 sanctions on some US congress members, government officials as well as heads...

(TibetanReview.net, Apr21’25) – As both China and Vietnam continued to remain tight-lipped over the arrest and custodial death under suspicious circumstances on Mar 29 of a highly respected fugitive Tibetan lama and the secretive and hasty cremation on Apr...

OPINION While it is generally believed that Buddhism had become almost extinct in India by the end of the 12th century, the fact that Buddhaguptha Natha, a Tamil Yogi who appeared like ‘Shukra’ in the sky of India’s Buddhism,...

(TibetanReview.net, Apr19’25) – China on Apr 18 night secretly and under tight security moved the body of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, who died suddenly and inexplicably under the custody of its police in Vietnam late last month, to a crematorium...